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.11 ENIENIBER! WE WAIT SUPPER for you af.er the Covent Garden Opera, at EVANS'. Fail K INAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. CDGNAO BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England; or wholesale • at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded "Ainahan's LL Whisky." N°. 22,571. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., T" QUEEN OF THE COUNTY. By the Author of "Margaret and her Bridesmaids." " The Queen of the County' is a novel of the first class. It is a story of exciting interest, and a delightful study cf female character. Independently of its interesting plot, an elevated moral tone and g, eat literary ability give it accu mulated claims to a place in s andard literature."—Post. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. On Friday, October 2S, in 2 vols., LORD LYNN'S WIFE. A NOVEL. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. Now ready, in crown ABvo .. with Os., a fine Portrait of the uthor, . . NEMOIRS of HENRIETTA CARACCIOLO, of the Princes of Forino, ex-Benedictine Nun. Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty. This Day is published, T HE PERPETUAL C URATE. 3. By the Author of " Salem Chapel." Being a New Series of THE CHRONICLES OF CARLINGFORD. Three vole. cost Bvo., £1 lls. 6d. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. THEO LEIGH., By the Author of " Denis Donne," will be commenced in the next number of "ONCE A WEEK." London : Bradbury and Evans, 11, Bouverie-street, E.C. LOVED AT LAST ; A New Novel by Mr. MARK LEMON. Author of " Wait for the End." Will be Dublished in the course of the month. Three Vols., post Bvo. London : Bradloury and Evans, 11, Bouverie-street, E.C. NEW NOVEL BY GUSTAVE AISLARD. This Day, in 3 vols., 9[IHE BEE-HUNTRESS. By GUSTAVE ATMA.RD. 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Smith and Co., 52, Long-acre. 52D REPRESENTA'T'ION. —The WIZARD of the NORTH TO-NIGIIT at Eight. 52d appear ance of Miss ANDERSON, the Second-sighted Sybil.— Secure your stalls and tickets at the Ticket-office, 23, Picca dilly. Day Performance every Saturday at Three. DAVENPORT BROTHERS' SEANCES.- A limited number of SEANCES will be given at the HANOVER-SQUARE ROOMS. the First of which will take place on SATURDAY, October 29th, at Three p.m. The Subscription List will be opened on Thursday. The number of Tickets strictly limited to Thirty each Seance. Terms of Subscription One Guinea. No Tickets will be sold at the door. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC.—The fallacy of the late NoN piritual Manifestations (so called). — New Lecture, with curious Illustrations, byJ. L. KING, Esq., daily at 1, and every evening except PA iday and Saturday at a quarter-past 7, commencing Monday, 24th October.—The Ghost Illusions as usual (J. H. Pepper and Henry Dircks joint inventors), by J. L. King, Esq Musical Enter tainment by Mr. It. Coote, illustrating the story of " Sindbad the Sailor."—Paganini's Ghost will pe' form daily at 4.30 and 8.45 all those d flicult variations on one string and with one hand f r which the late Paganini was so celebrated. - Open 12 t) 5, and 7 to 10. THE SOLDIER'S LEGACY.-Mr. GERMAN REED'S New Opera di Camera TO-NIGHT, at Eight, entitled THE SOLDIER'S LEGACY, composed by G. A. Macfarren, Esq, and written by John Oxenford. Esq., in hich Miss R. 1311. ,1111111.' Alhaw, and Miss x"- „ ir tby the kind permission of the New pany), will Concluding with TOO MAN COOKS, sustained by Mips D'Este Finlayson, Mr. J. A. Shaw, and Mr. Whiffin.—ROYAL GALLERY of ILLUSTRATION, 14, Regent-street. Unreserved seats, ls., 2s. ; stalls, 3s. ; stall chairs , s s. ; may be secured in advance without fee. rr H 0 X F OR D , 6, OXFORD STREET, W. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). MASANIELLO, MARTHA, LA TROVATORE, and THE FAVORITE, .to , by the following Artistes, viz., Misses Russell, Fitz-Henry,Walmsley, Tyrrell, &e. With augmented Band and Chorus, conduz,ted by Mr. F. Jonghmans. Mr. JACKSON HANES, the Champion Skater, In his per formanc,, on the Prawing Room Skates, of Quadrilles, Varsovieunes, &c. UNSWORTH (or any other man), EUGENE, H. Nash, Herr Hermann, and h[dlle. Cavalho. W. Randall, LE PETIT BLONDIN. THIS EVENING will be produced (first time in this coun ry), ORPHEE AUX INFERS, by Offenbach. Admission—Area, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, ls. ; private boxes, 108. 6d. ESTABLISHED 1837. B RITANNIA ASSURANCE LIFE COMPANY. Empowered by special Act of Parliament 4 Vict., cap. 9. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. Every description of Life Assurance business transacted at the lowest rates of Pre, ium consi,tent with security. The various Tables, some of whin are peculiar to this Com pany, have been studiously adapted to the requirements of every class of Assurers. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. Offices-2, Old Broad-street, London, E.C. ISSUE OF SECOND MORTGAGE BONDS, (Ohio Division) Payable in London. 4,000,000 Dollars. Due in 1883, Coupons due Ist January and Ist July. Secured by a Registered Mortgage on the Income and all Corporate Rights, Privileges, Lands, Franchises, Plant, and Property of the Ohio Division of the Railway. The Bonds are redeemable at par in New York, or in Lon don at 4s. 6d. per dollar. and are transferable wi•hout stamp or endorsement ; Interest Coupons are attached to the Bonds, payable semi-annul y, at the Cons lidated Bank in London, at the fixed rate of 4s. to the dollar. The Bonds will be issued at 66, at wh'ch rate Bonds of 1,000 dollars will cost £l4B 10s., carrying Coupons due January 1, 1865. The Coupons represent £l4 per annum on each Bond of 1,000 dollars, or per cent interest on price of issue. The several divisions of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway have been cansolida' ed under the government of James Robb, Esq., whose reput tion as a Banker and Rail way Administrator is established in Europe as we'l as in America. Mr. Robb. as President of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway, joins the Direction of the Erie and other lines forming the Through Route between A ew York and St. Louis, so as to secure unity of action. The price of issue has been fixed at CO. The terms of 'SSW:. are as follows s. d. 5 per cent on application, being 11 5 0 per bond of 1000 dols. 10 „ on allotment „ 22 10 0 ft ft 15 „ 19th November „ 33 15 0 „ f 15 „ 19th Dccember „ 33 15 0 tf /1 „ 19th January „ 47 5 0 less £7 Coupon due Ist January £l4s 10 0 Subscribers have the option of paying the instalments in advance, and will be allowed a discount of 9 per cent per an- Man on such pre-paymen' s. After allotment, Scrip Certificates will be issued to "bearer." These Certificates will be exchanged for Bonds to " bearer" on paym, nt of the final instalment. Forms of Application may be obtained at the Consolidated Bank, or at the offices of the Company, No. 2, Old Broad street, London, E.C., or of E. F. SATTERTHIVAITE, Broker, 28, Throgmorton-street, London, E.C. London, Oct. 12, 1864. ATLANTIC and GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. Issue of SECOND MORTGAGE BONDS, payable in London.—NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That no Application for these Bonds will be re ceived after the 31st inst By Order. No. 2, Old Broad-street, October _1,1884. MADAME RACHEL, the great restorer and preserver of youth and beauty to the ladies of the Royal Court of St. James's, France, Russia. Turkey, Spain, and to the crowned heads of Europe, can be consulted daily Et her residence, 47A, New Bond-street, where her costly Arabian toilettes, requisites for the hair, teeth, Lnd com plexion, can only be obtained. HAIR -CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls Ladies' or Gentlemen hair immediately it is applied. Sold at 3s. 6d.; sent free for 54 stamps. Ross's Toilet Magazine, ls. 6d„ or 20 stamps. GREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— ALEX. ROSS'S charges for Dyeing the hair perma nently— Ladies' Hair from 7s. 6d.; Gentlemen's from ss. The Dye is sold at 3s. 6d, or sent free for 54 stamps. It is Most easy of use. lIAIR DESTROYER —248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes, Without effect to the skin, superfluous hair from the face, neck, and arms. 3s. 6d.; sent the same day,as ordered by post for 51 stamps. SPANISH FLY is the acting in g redient in ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OEL.which speedily Produces whiskers and thlekens hair. 3s. 6d.; sent free fors4 stumps.—ALEX. ROSS, 2 4 8, High Holborn, London. Essay On Hair, Id. PIMPLE REMOVE R.—All diseases of the skin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGE TABLE SKIN PILL. They remave redness, sallowness &C. 2s. 9d.; by post for 40 stimps.—ALEX. ROSS, 245, ugh Holborn, London. ALEX. ROSS'S FACE POWDER, ls.; sent for 14 stamps ; Eye Colour, 3s. Cd., or 54 stamps. Skin tonic produces a transcendent complexion, 45., or fio stamps. 111oom of Roses, 3s. 6d., or 54 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS. 218, nigh Holborn, London. PIGS! PIGS! PIGS!—INDIAN PIG MEAL, without husks, supplied to the Royal farms, Windsor, and In every county in England, Os 6d per cwt. ; one cwt. equal to cw t. barley or any meal. De livered free in Lon don. Established 1838.—T11091AS PEARCE, Manager, 66, Lant-street, Southwark. BUSINES SE S.-Mr. ANDREW HIND'S O TOBE Et LIST, Containing 500 Businesses, Premises, Partnerships, &c., Gratis. Letters, enclose stamp.—Particulars entered free. OFFICES—CORNER OF LITTLE CARTER-LANE, ST. PAUL'S. SS E X.—Mr. ANDREW HIND has for DISPOSAL, a F REEHOL D RESIDENCE, near Braintree, standing In its own grounds. It contains four bed-rooms, four attics, drawing-room, dining-room, and Offices, with coach-house, stabb!ing, lawn, pleasure and fruit gardens of an acre, and a paddock of good pasture land ; good water; fishing and hunting in the neighbourhood ; has been In the present owner's family for about 50 years. Possession can be had at an early date; price, land tax redeemed, £l,ooo.—Cards to view, at the City Central Estate Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. EET H. - IMPROVED MECHANICAL 1 DENT IS r RY.— Prof essional abilities and great artistic skill have been moat successfully combined in the production of ARTIFICIAL TEETH upon a new principle. The real value of the perfection of the art of Dentistry will be experi enced by all wishing* to avail themselves of professional assistance by ()mulling Mr. AL BERT, 34, Great Russell street, Bloomsbury. whose experience has enabled him to effect such admirable, convenient contrivances by artificial Means, and which are so perfectly efficient. (IRNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, and Dining-room, consisting of a new and eiegant assort ment of VASE S, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, &0., in Italian, Alabas er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, Sto. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her najesty, 14 9 , Stand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary oollections of SHELLS, MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, whioh will greatly facilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON CHOLOGY, tnd GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RALOGY is given by Mr. TENNAN r, at 149, Strand W.C. PRIZE MEDAL.—INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER dr CO., Wax Chandlers, ,to., dro., To the Queen and the Pt inee of Wales. (Established 1720.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862, testifies to :he excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manufacture. A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says : " I have found them fully to the recommendation Which you gave them, and can sincerely, in ray turn, I com mend them to the clergy for the nse of the altar." Finest quality, with latted Wicks, p a tented.. 2s. 2d. per lb . Ordinary quality • • .. 7e. od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a blixture of W per lb. Best quality .. 3d . per lb. ls. sd. Second quality Is. Is. d. per lb. Third quality • • .. Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., 8, South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory — Kensington (Established 10). The largest Establishment in England for the Manufacture of Wax Candles for the use of the Altar. ----------- NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. —The greatest and most useful Invention of the day, AGIT.A. AMAKELL A. Messrs. JOHN GOS NELL and CO., 3, King-court, Lo llymbard street, London, Pe rfumers to her Majesty, respectfu offer to the public this trul y marvellous fluid. which gradually restores the human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at what age. The Ague Amarella has none of the properties of dyes ; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and keepthe hair is once restored one application per month will it in perfect colour. Price one guinea per bottle, or in half bottles, 10s. 6.1. Testimonials from artistes of the highest order, and from individuals of undoubted respectability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Gosnell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. ------- K. SCOTT'S BILIOUS AND LIVER PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING REMEDY recipe . of P Dr. pared without any merc urial ingredient, from the bcott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and dyer complaints, indigestion, wind, sPasms. giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &o. For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as that purifier of the blood, they are truly excent ; mild in er opera tion and grstefill to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King Williamstreet, Charing-cross. London, and by most druggists, in boxes,ls. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine arc a square green package, with " William Lambert," engraved on th s tamp. R OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-roa d, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, King's-cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Vice-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WALE S,K.G President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. The numerous and urgent appeals of the si,l poor for ad mission compel the Committee to entreat the bounty ofe affluent and humane, as the m edical officers are daily obliged to treat as out-patients many distresiing cases which, with more adequate funds, they would gladly admit into the wards. The premises of the Hospital are capable of containing 500 beds. The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on voluntary contributions and legacies, which are received by the Treasurer. Edward Mac rerman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co.;• Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith , Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; W aflame, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Berners-street ; Alasterman and Co. ; I. "lamed and Co., Liverpool ; and at the Hospital, from 10 till 5. Wain/1W =ITU Secretary. STRAND MUSICK HALL. PROMENADE CONCERTS EVERY EVENING. With a full and select Band of Forty Performers. Conductor, Mr. F . Kingsbury. The following eminent artistes wilt appear :—Vocalists : Madlle. Rosa Wilks, Mdlle. Fanny Molidoff, ,ldlle. Carlotta, Mayer. Instrumentalists: Violin, Signor Giovanni Adel mann ; Cornet-h-Piston, M. Duhem, Professor at the Conser vatoire Royale at Brussels ; Pianoforte, M. Tito Mattel, Pianist to his Majesty the King of Italy. Admission, Is. ' • Private boxes, 10s. 6d. ; balcony stalls , 2 s. Open at half-past Seven, commence at Eight. STRAND MUSICK HALL. AIUSICK AT EIGHT O'CLOCK. CONICK AT TEN O'CLOCK. THE GREAT VANCE AT HALF-PAST TEN. MADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL GALLERY: established 28 years at the Bazaar, Baker-street. NEW ADDITION. A full length portrait model of DR. COUTY DE LA POMMERAIS, hero Poisoner, taken from the original photograph , by Mons. T, quart, of Paris, from lite, is now added to the Chamber of Physio2,nomy. Admittance, ls. ; Napoleon Rooms and Chamber of Horrors, 6d. extra. Open from 11 till 5, and from 7 till 10. ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly. Sole Proprietor, R. R. BIGNELL. During the week, and till further notice, in addition to the Dance Music, Selections from Verdi's popular Operas, Ii Trovatore, Traviata, Riaoletto, &c. ; Meyorbeer'S Etoile du Nord, Huguenots, &c. ; Melodies of the Forest, Valse, Guy Mannering, Polka, &c. Conductor—L. CURTL Doors open at half-past B.—Admission, One Shilling. Manager—M. GRENET. TE E T H.—Mr. ESKELL'S PATENT,—The exclusive right to this Patent was secured to Mr. Eskell, of Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square, by hor Ma jesty's Royal Teal (July 17,1860), and can only be procured at his residence, where specimens maybe seen, and every infor mation can be obtained. Under this Patent, Artificial Teeth, to last a lifetime, are made, and fitted in a few hours without pain or extractions. They support loose teeth, and protect tender gums ; their resemblance to nature is perfect and un detectable, and they are guaranteed for mastication and articulation. Treatise on the subject sent for seven stamps. Consultations free. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. "Mr. Eskell, dental-surgeon, has succeeded in producing artificial teeth, and so constructing . them that they last their purpose a lifetime. . . The process has been patented, and promises to be most valuable."—Court Journal, August 4, 1860. "A surprising novelty in the adaptation of artificial teeth to the gum by a patented principle, which secures the most pert ect aid, combined with the greatest ease and agreeable appearance." —Morning, Advertiser, August 9, 1860. Decayed teeth stopped, &c. Terms strictly moderate. 8, Grosvenor -street, Bond-street. THE BENEFACTOR OF THE SKIN.— MOLLARD'S perfumed Toilet Sulphur Soap and Cream, highly patronised by the faculty, nobility, and gentry. Nothing - equals the properties and qualities of the Soap No. I for ordinary toilet purposes, and of Nos. 2 to 5 in all cases of cutaneous affections or rheumatism. Perfumed toilet cream, cold cream, and pomatum for the hair. Barege cream for sulphur baths, without any disagreeable odour. All these preparations may be had at the central depot, 221 A, Regent-street, London, W. ; and at Messrs. Newbery and Sons, Barclay and Sons. Edwards, Keating, Sanger and Son, Jozeaunetti, and all chemists. Pamphlets and testi monials free on a plication. 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At the Mansion-house Police-court yesterday, John Leonard, Inspector of the City Police, appeared before Alderman Sir It, Carden, who was sitting for the Lord Mayor, in answer to a summons taken out by Sergeant Payne, the Coroner for the City of London, charging him with a violation of duty as an inspector of the police force. Sergeant Payne conduced his case himself, and said he had felt it his duty on public grounds to take the present proceedings against Inspector Leonard. He had occasion some ten days ago to hold an inquest upon the body of a man who had committed suicide. Two letters had been found in a desk used by the deceased man, one of which was di rected to his wife and the second to the coroner and jury. The one to the wife was not sealed, but the other, which was addressed to the coroner and jury, had been sealed, although when it was delivered to him it had been opened, and as he understood by the direction of the police, and it was given to the reporters and got into the newspapers, although he himself declined to give a copy of the letter for that purpose, as he was of opinion that the contents were of such a nature that it would be better they were not laid before the public. He applied to Mr Alderman Finnis, but was told by him that the magistrates had no jurisdiction over the police. Mr Oke (acting as chief clerk) said Sergeant Payne had misunderstood ; Mr Alderman Finnis did not say there was no jurisdiction, but that complaints against the police were generally laid before the Chief Commissioner of Police and investigated by him. Sergeant Payne said he understood there was no jurisdic- tion, and having ascertained that a magistrate cculd deal with the matter, he had felt bound to bring it before this Court as the proper authority. Sergeant Payne was then sworn, and stated that he had occasion to hold an inquest at St Bartholomew's Hospital on the body of a man named Charles Vie Ridout, who had shot himself. A letter which he produced, which was ori ginally sealed up and addressed to the coroner and jury, was handed to him by one of the police. He did not know whe ther the defendant was there or not. The letter was found in a desk used by the deceased man, and was proved to be in his handwriting. At the conclusion of the inquest he ex pressed his opinion that it was undesirable to publish such a letter in the newspapers, but he was very much astonished to find the next day that in a report of the inquest tho very worst paragraphs of the letter were inserted, and the com plaint ho made was that tho letter had been opened by the police in violation of their duty, and handed to the reporter. His object was not to punish, but to prevent such an occur rence in future. Ho had privately seen Inspector Leonard, who had acknowledged the opening of the letter, and ex pressed a wish that no further notice would to taken of it; but be had told him that if it were a private matter he would be happy to let it rest, but as it was a matter in which the public were concerned ho could not do so. Mr Leonard had expressed his sorrow, although he certainly did not say it was he who had opened it, but ho said he had copied it, and the reporter had it from the police-office. Mr Wontner said Sergeant Payne was mistaken when he said the defendant acknowledged that the reporter got a copy of the letter from the police-office, and in answer to Mr Wontner's question, Sergeant Payne said he understood him so. The report was sent up to his house, but he did tilt read it through as he was very busy and had not time. He did not say it was indistinctly written. It was plainly written. He road it aloud at the inquest, and there was a reporter present. The reporter asked him for the letter to h.. LIEWC and the next day he saw in the papers an epitome of the letter. Inspector Leonard called upon him and told him that when the letter was found the man was still alive, and that it was desirable to find the address of the wife, and the letter was opened with that object, and he did not recollect whether he said they could not obtain it otherwise. He said it was not he who opened it, and said he would bring the man before him who did so ; but he did not require that. Sir R. Carden asked what the summons charged the de- fendant with ? Serg, ant Payne said it charged him with a violation of duty in opening a letter addressed to the coroner and the jury. Mr Wontner said he was not desired by the defendant to stop the case upon any technical points, on the contrary, he was desired to obtain all the facts and lay them before the court, when he was sure, instead of having violated his duty, he would be said to have acted with considerable humanity. The deceased, it appeared, worked at a gutta percha factory, and on the report cf a pistol having been heard some one proceeded to the spot where deceased was at work, and it was then found that he had shot himself, and wounded himself severely. Ile was, however, found to be still living, and was taken to the hospital, and inquiries were made with a view to ascertain his address, that his wife might be communicated with, and his desk was searched and the two letters were found, as had been stated. The one addressed to the wife was opened, but there was no ad dress there, and no one in the establishment knew where he resided, All possible inquiries were made, and the police actually expended 9s in cab hire in endeavouring to find it out, but I o no avail, and the letter was opened, little dream ing that the coroner would object to it. There was, however, no address in the letter, and some one proceeded to Strat ford, whence the address was learnt from a boy who had once delivered a letter at deceased's house. Defendant directed the letter to be opened, thinking that it might as sist in discovering the whereabouts of the wife. The letter was read by the coroner at the inquest, and what appeared in the newspapers were portions which had been taken down in shorthand at the time, and he was prepared to prove by the reporter himself that none of it was furnished by the police. The defendant had been twenty-five years in the force, and was naturally indignant at such a charge being brought against him ; and he (Mr Wontner) was sure, when Sir Robert had heard all the facts, he would think with him, that instead of having committed any breach of duty, inspector Leonard had used a wise discre- ion and acted with great humanity in endeavouring by every means, even to the opening of the letter, to obtain the whereabouts of the poor wife, in order that she might be with her dying husband during his last moments, he being at the time hovering between life and death. Mr Wontner called Inspector Everett and Sergeant Fen ning, who proved the facts as he had stated with regard to the opening of the letter ; and Sergeant Fanning stated that he, bylnspector Leonard's direction, took the two letters up to Cgroner Payne's house, and gave them to his clerk, who took them to him and returned with them, saying that Mr. Payne had not then time to read them ; that they were very indistinctly written, and they must be produced at the in quest—and by this MrWontner showed the motive for copy ing the letter, which he said was to assist Sergeant Payne. Mr Geary, the reporter who was present at the inquest, was called, and said the letter was read by the coroner at the inquest, and he took down some portions in short-hand, the rest ho could not follow as it was not distinctly read, and that what appeared in the newspapers was a copy of his short-hand notes, and he had no copy from the police officer, nor was he aware that any copy had been taken of it. Serjoant Payne put several questions to the witness, but elicited nothing of any importance. Sir Robert Carden said he had paid attention to the evidence, and he gave Sergeant Payne credit for his desire to benefit the public, but at the same time he could nct see that the evidence which had been produced showed any violation of duty on the part of the police inspector, who was in a position to use his own discretion in many mat ters, and in this, as ho had always done, he had used a very wise one. Tho man was alive, and he had dono all in his power to enable the poor wife to be with him when he breathed his last, and he might have lived a week, or not an hour. He certainly thought there was no evidence of a violation of duty. It was a very serious charge, and it was quite right that it should be thoroughly investigated, and he must say that it would have received a proper atten tion, and the facts would have been thoroughly laid open, if the matter had been taken before the usual authority— the Commissioners of Police. As far as he could see the defendant had only acted in the cause of humanity, and he should dismiss the summons. In conclusion, Sir Robert said he was quite sure if all the facts, as they had been laid before the court, had been known to Sergeant Payne, the summons would not have been taken out. Sergeant Payne said he could not have known them. He did not object to the opening of the letter to ascertain the address, but he thought it ought to have been seek el up again; and having thanked the alderman for his attention to the case, he left the bench. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. WEST FLANDERS. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yester day at the London Tavern; Mr R. T. Frere in the chair. The CHAIRMAN explained that Captain Greig, owing to ill-health, had retired from the chair, and his colleagues had unanimously appointed him (Mr Frere) to take that position which had been so ably filled by his predecessor. Mr SMITH, the secretary, having read the notice con vening the meeting, the report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report , said that he trusted they would consider it on the whole, as the directors did, satisfactory. They had had an increase in the receipts, and also in the expenses. If they would refer to the report they.would find the chief items of in creased expense under the head of permanent way and the repair of engines, and also in respect of new trains. On the whole, he thought their prospects were promising. They were enabled to pay 45. per share dividend, carrying over a balance of £1309. The recent investigation of the accounts had led to no serious discovery of further loss. They knew that with the sum of £1,665 remaining to be written off there might be certain shares issued beyond the atatutable number which they would have to purchase and cancel. The estimates for the proposed new lines had been referred to the company's engineer, and whatever might be the sum necessary to pay for their construction would be raised on the company's bonds. The Societe d'Exploitation had un dertaken to be responsible for the payment of the West Flanders dividends. The convention between the company and the Tubize Company had been signed in September) and would come into operation on the Ist of January next, when they would hand over their line. They had every reason to hops that it v:Ould not bo a bad bargain for that company, and on the whole it would be a good'one for the West Flanders Company. The definitive shares would be issued in exchange for the existing shares, and would be numbered from 1 to 26,757, instead of from 1 to 40,000, as at present, so that in future they would be enabled to know what shares were out. Mr E. V. RICHABDS seconded the motion for the adop tion of the report. Mr HERAPA.TH would prefer to have the surplus in hand applied at once to pay off the loss occasioned by Mr Chubb ; and were it not for that loss he believed the dividend would now have been 4s 6d per share. The charge of 2s 6d per share in future for registration was excessive on individual shareholders, although it was understood that it would be paid to the company. The CHAIRMAN said that some slight alterations would have to be made in the statutes, and they would have that charge altered. No doubt 61 per share would pay for the Belgian stamp and all expenses of transfer. Mr HERAPATH remarked that the increase in the re ceipts of the past half year was £2,000, or about 2s per share, but the increase of expenses was £1,661, or 64 per cent , while the usual increase of expenses for increased traffics was about 25 per cant. The increase in cost of the permanent way showed it had not been well attended to. AlrßLouvT, a director, ex plainel that prior to handing over the line to the leasing company they were obliged to expend a certain sum on the permanent way and stations. A long discussion then ensued on the question of increas ing the amount paid up on the ordinary shares from £8 158 to £l2 3s, by adding to each the rateable sum paid on for feited shares (£90,000) to the amount actually paid (£8 15s each) on the authorised number of shares. The importance of the question arose from the circumstance that the 51 per cent, preference shares were entitled to participate rateably in the distribution of any surplus profits that might remain after paying the full interest on loans and preference shares, and 5 per cent, per annum on the ordinary shares. It was contended by Mr Herapath that 5 per cent, on £8 15s was the full amount that could be claimed for each of the ordi nary shares before dividing any surplus profits rateably with the preference shares. It was stated that two Belgian advocates and Mr Lloyd, of the English Bar, had given it as their opinion that the ordinary shareholders could claim 5 per cent, on the £l2 3s per share before any rateable division of surplus profits could be made. Mr S. HERAPATH suggested that the question should be decided by a friendly suit before a competent tribunal. Mr GoEz and other shareholders concurred in that view. Mr RICHARDS explained that the directors had no bias one way or the other ; that they wished to have the ques tion settled legally and justly between the ordinary and preferenced shareholders. He thought it would have to be decided in Belgium, according to the statutes. Resolutions were passed adopting the report, approving the dividend of 4s per share, payable on the 13th November, re-electing Mr A. Greig and Mr R. Till, the retiring direc. tors ; and a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors concluded the proceedings. I'.l~T'l~.Ti na~ci. The half yearly meeting of this company was held yester day at the London Tavern—Mr J. A. Thine in the chair. Mr V. I'. SELLS, the secretary, having read the notice convening the meeting, the report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report and statement of accounts, adverted to the loss the Board had sustained by the death of their late excellent and able colleague Mr H. Bruce, whose business qualifications and local knowledge of Demerara had been of great advantage to them. The vacancy at the Board had been filled by Mr J. Hopkinson, who had been a shareholder for many years, and who had taken considerable interest in the company's affairs. The directors had felt very great satisfaction in being able to announce the opening of the extension line to Mahaica for public thine on the 31st August last. The company was incorporated in 1845, and after long and pain. ful intervals they bad succeeded in completing and working a portion of the undertaking, and recently they had the gra tification of knowing that it had been opened to Mahaica Creek by the Governor of British Guiana in the presence of the most influential men in the colony. His Excellency congratulated those who were present on the completion of an undertaking which was of so much advantage to the colony. The canoelment of the company's large obligations to the colony had not yot been formally and legally sane. tioned, but as the company had now performed its part in the contract, the subject was to come before the Court of Policy in regular course, and be finally consummated. The actual effect of this arrangement was to complete and sim plify the state of the capital account, the two main items being the amount of the original shares and the sum received on the preference stock. There had been a very gratifying increase in the traffic of the current half-year as compared with that of the corresponding period of last year. They were now not only able to pay the full interest of 7 per cent per annum on their preference shares, but also to continue the dividend at the rate of 24 per cent per annum on the original stock, leaving a balance over of £395 for the current half-year. With regard to the increase in the amount of traffic, it was 40 per cent more than in the corresponding half of 1863, notwithstanding the very large reduction wh . ch had been made in the goods tariff. The receipts for goods in last half-year amounted to 20,917 dole against 15,320 dole in the corresponding half of 1863, when the reduced tariff came into operation. The receipts for goods traffic in the corresponding half of 1862 amounted to 19,653 dole., and in same half of 1861 to 21,301 dole. They had every reason to expect a continuance in the increase of the goods and passenger traffic. The construction of the viaduct, 800 ft in length, across the Mahaica Canal and the completion of the extension line to Mahaica rt fleeted great credit on their local manager, Mr. Martin, who had carried it out, and on those who had been engaged on the works for the careful way in which they had been executed. Mr CHAMBERS, deputy-chairman, seconded the motion. He said the new works had been completed in the most satisfactory manner; the line had been ballasted with burnt clay, the sleepers were of native hard woods, the rails and chairs were of the best quality, and the wedges to fasten the rails were of the same hard wood as the sleepers, and very effective. Resolutions were unanimously passed adopting the report and statement of accounts, declaring a dividend at the rate of 21 per cent per annum on the ordinary stock out of the earnings of the half-year ending June 30 last, and also the full dividend on the preference stock, both payable on the 31st inst. _ _ The proceedings concluded with votes of thanks to the chairman and directors, the local committee in Demerara, and to the manager and the secretary for their attention to the interest of the company. cause the Government were in all respects party to the pro ceedings by having placed one of their own Ministers on the beard, and by subsequently granting 50 per cent, more to the other railways than they did to the Pernambuco, On the reassembling of Chambers in the spring they would me morialize Government, and they had no doubt that this long protracted question would be settled. The directors hoped that the insufficient state of the rolling stock would soon be considered by the Imperial Government. Although the traffic receipts were not large, they covered the working expenses, and if the line was extended to the harbour it would be a very slight burden on the Government finances. It was satisfactory to know that Captain do Medeiros, the consulting engineer of the Brazilian Government, after careful investigation, had recommended the extension of the guaranteed capital of the company by the sum of £485,048. Mr W. H. DICKSON seconded the adoption Of the report, which was agreed to. A vote of thanks to the chairman, directors, and officers closed the proceedings. SOUTH LEICESTERSHIRE. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yester day at the Euston Station; the Hon. Major Vereker in the chair. The Secretary read the report, which stated that the sum of £4,543 would be received from the London and North- Western Railway company for the working during the half-year ending June 30, a result which enabled them to recommend the proprietors to declare a dividend of 41 per cent. per annum, less income-tax, on the share capital, and to pay the interest on loans. The CILAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report, and remarked that the dividend was a larger one than the com pany was entitled to under its agreement with the London and North-Western, but the directors had represented to the lessees that the goods traffic had not been developed to the extent to which it might have been, and this having been fairly considerel by the lessees, a compensation had been allowed to the company; in which resulted the larger dividend now recommended. Mr &IT'LL seconded the motion, which was agreed to neon. con. The CHAIRMAN then moved the adoption of a 41 per cent, dividend, and said that arrangements would bo made for obviating the awkwardness of having the revenue and capital accounts made up to different dates, as at present. The motion was seconded and carried, and a vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings. PERNAbIBUCO. Yesterday the 18th half-yearly meeting of this company was held at the London Tavern; Mr R. Benson in chair. The report was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, said he regretted that the directors had to meet the proprietors with feelings of mortification and disappointment. They had hoped to be able to announce an extension of the guarantee by the Bra zilian Government. The company had presented a petition to the Imperial Government praying for an inquiry into the company's expenditure both in England and the Brazils,as well as for an extension of the company's guarantee, but owing to a general suspension of the business of the Brazi lian Legislature the application of the company, as well as the national business itself, were brought to a temporary termination. Their manager in Brazil was of opinion that it would now have to stand over until the next Session of the Chambers, in April next. The directors had every reason to be satisfied with the Government. There was no reason, however, for doubt or for despondency. It was only a question of time and delay, attributable, as much as any thing else, to the excessive tardiness that pervaded the whole proceedings of the Brazilian Government. The claims of the company based upon the fact that they had encountered successive difficulties and unfavourable sea sons, and that their estimates were insufficient to provide and complete a first-class railway for the Brazils, and be- City Sewers Commission. The Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London as• sembled yesterday at Guildhall, under the presidency of Mr Deputy and Under Sheriff de Jersey. THE GAS SUPPLY IN THE CITY. After the despAch of several applications of minor importance, Mr R. T. CHAPLIN rose to propose the following motion of which ho bad given notice, namely—" That it be referred to the Special Committee to confer with the gas companies supplying the city of London, with a view to obtaining a reduction in the price of gas to that which was charged by them, from the passing of the Great Central Gas Company's Act in 1851, until the year 1860, and in the event of the committee failing in that object, to consider and report as to the advisability of applying to Parliament for powers to obtain a reduction in the price; and further, to secure to the citizens of London the advantages in respect to gas supply they formerly possessed, and any other powers which may be generally beneficial to the ratepayers and gas consumers of the City." Mr Chaplin said he thought the duty he had undertaken to perform was a comparatively light one, as the Special Gas Committee which had been appointed by the Court, had already had the whole question of the gas supply before them. It would not in the first place be necessary for him to show that the gas supplied was of an impure quality, for that had been well discussed, nor that the quantity of sulphur contained in it was in excess of that sanctioned by Parliament, for that had been shown by the weekly reports of the medical officer. What he desired to show was that they ought in the City to obtain a much cheaper gas than that supplied at the present moment. Mr Chaplin read from a statement showing the contract prices at which the companies supplied the gas to the City between the years 1851 and 1862. In the former year the price per lamp per annum was as follows :—City Company, £4 4s ; Chartered, £4. 4s ; and the Great Central Company £3 17s Gd. And in 1852:—City Company, £5 ss; Char tered, £1 8s; and Great Central, £4 103. In the present year the charge was Chartered, £4 14s Gd; Great Central, £4 13s 6d, additional charge of 15s per lamp per annum being made in each case for cleaning, &c. lie had com pared the charges for gas outside the city, and he found it iiiiiied7l.frit i el i ;e i ffet=nces — he thought showed that it was the duty of the Commissioners of Sewers to take mea sures to bring about a more satisfactory state of things, and he thought the mode he had suggeEted was the best that could be adopted. In the City, where the consumption of gas was so large, the question of supply was one of very great importance, and it should be regulated as to meet the requirements of the consumers. He was quite prepared to give the Great Central Company credit for the steps they had taken in reducing the price; but by their joining the other companies in raising the price a greater monopoly than ever had been created, whilst the supply, both as re garded quantity and quality, was, to say the least, most unsatisfactory to the citizens. lie therefore felt it his duty to move in the terms of his motion. Deputy BOWER seconded the motion. No doubt the citizens of London were very much obliged to the Great C entral Company for coming into the City and lowering the price of gas, but the effect of the establishment of that com pany had been not to break up the monopoly which existed, but rather to perpetuate and extend it. He thought it was the duty of the Court to do something to remedy the evil, and believing that the course proposed was the best that could be adopted he should give it his hearty support. Deputy FARRAR, whilst desiring that the gas supply should be more satisfactory than it was at the present time, put it to Mr Chaplin whether it would not be for the pre sent better simply to instruct the committee to negotiate with the companies on the subject. The Court could afterwards decide whether it would be advisable to apply to Parlia ment for powers to carry out their object. It seemed to him that it the motion were adopted it would appear rather that the Commissioners wore holding out a threat to the com panies, and he considered that they should avoid doing anything of that kind. He would move as an amendment that the latter part of the motion, suggesting an application to Parliament, should be omitted. Deputy BONE seconded the amendment. _ _ _ Dr LEVIER; the chemical examiner of gas, said, in an swer to a question, that there was an increase in the illu minating power of the gas now supplied, of 67 percent. as compared with the average supply of the eight or nine preceding years. Mr S. GREEN, as a member :of the Gas Committee, ex. pressed a hope that,the motion as proposed by Mr Chaplin would be agreed to. The question was one that deeply affected the public, and it ,behoved the Commissioners to show them that they were in earnest, and were determined to take measures to remedy the present disgraceful state of things. If they regarded the price of the gas, or the quality, they could not, as citizens, but feel ashamed, on walking through the streets at night time, to find the public Amps so imperfectly lighted. In answer to Deputy Farrar, he re minded the Court that the motion did not pledge them to go to Parliament at once. What they were asked ,was to empower the committee to negotiate with the companies, and afterwards to consider whether it would be advisable to seek the aid of Parliament in bringing about a more satis factory state of things. Ile sincerely trusted the motion would be carried. Dr LETHEBY stated that the average illuminating power of the gas supplied to the City by the City Company during the past week had been equal to 13.67 standard sperm candles, that of the Chartered Company to 12.14 candles, and that of the Great Central to 13.41 candles. The amount of sulphur in the gas was not excessive, except in the gas of the Great Central Company, where the amount ranged from 22 grains per 100 cubic feet to 26, the average being 23'6 grains. In the Chartered gas the average was 20.5 grains, and in the City gas 19.6 grains. The average pressure of each company's gas was about ono inch and a third of water. Mr Cox said he quite sympathised with the object of the mover in introducing this important subject to the notice of the Commission; and he thought there must be perfect unanimity upon the point, and that was that the supply of gas in the City at the present time was most deficient in quantity and quality. He might mention that the night previously ho had endeavoured, by the aid of a public gas lamp in Newgate-street, to read a portion of a newspaper, but was quite unable to do so ; but on trying the same ex periment at Islington he found it an easy matter. He alluded to this to show that the gas supplied out of the City was of better quality than that supplied within it ; and such a state of things was, he thought, most diaereditable. He felt inclined to consent to the matter being referred to the committee to negotiate with the gas companies, although he feared that the negotiation would not be productive of any good results. Mr GEORGE WALTER thought it must be admitted on all hands that the present supply of gas in the City was most unsatisfactory, and that was clearly proved by the loud complaints made by the inhabitants of almost every por tion of the City. He could speak with some authority upon the question, and he could say fearlessly that the gas sup plied both at the east and west end of the town was, both as regarded quantity and quality, considerably better than that supplied to the citizens. (Hear, hear.) Indeed. he would go so far as to say, that if the light supplied by the City companies was equal to 13 candles, as stated by the medical officer, then the light supplied out of the City was equal to 26 candles, or more. (Sear, hear.) Ile could not PRICE ..4d. STAMPED ....sd. but help feeling that the gas companies had humbugged the House of Commons in regard to ,the question of illumi nating power, or the powers at present possessed by them in that respect would have never been sanctioned. He trusted the subject would go to the committee, with full power to consider is in all its bearings, so that an improve ment might be made for the future. Dr LETHEBY sail he had examined the gas supplied by the Imperial Gas Company at Islington during the pas week, and he found it to be equal to 15.09 sperm candles. Nr CHAPLIN briefly replied and the motion was ulti mately carried. SANATORY CONDITION OF THE CITY. Dr LETITEBY, the medical officer of health, reported on the state of 273 houses that had been inspected during the week, and he submitted a list of 53 places for sanatory im provement. He also submitted certificates of the overcrowded states of four houses in the eastern division of the City, and recommended that the necessary steps should be taken for having them registered as common lodging houses. The markets and slaughter houses had been dulyinspected, and the officers had condemned 2,3711 be of meat as unfit for human food. Most of it was diseased, and it consisted of 14 sheep, 28 pigs, and 12 quarters of beef. There were registered in the week 52 births and 50 deaths, the number being close to the average for the corresponding week of the last n;_ne years; 20 of the deaths were among children less than five years of age, and 13 among persons of 60 and upwards. There were six deaths from scarlet fever during the week, but with this exception the returns did not indicate an unsatisfactory condition of the public health. The Commissioners, after transacting some other buil net s, adjourned. Mr, M. D. Hill on the Treatment of Criminals. The General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the borough of Birmingham commenced on Monday morning before Mr M. D. Hill, recorder. The usual royal proclamation having been read, the recorder proceeded to deliver his charge to the grand jury. He said :—" Gentlemen of the Grand Jury,--Since the last session the Legislature has made important changes as regards the punishment of felons, and the Executive Government, in har mony with the spirit which dictated those enact. ents, has introduced improvements equally im portant in the regulations which govern the treat ment of criminals. The main features of these alterations are set forth in the circular which I hold in my hand. It is addressed to me as Recorder of Birmingham, and bears the signature of Secretary Sir George Grey, who, as you know, holds the seals of the Home Dapartment. Such a document must of necessity have received my careful attention, and I think it will be profitable to invite yours, and, indeed, that of all persons who, by their intelligence and social position, exercise influence upon the ad ministration of the criminal law, to its contents. "The principal change," writes Sir George, "in the law which is affected by this statute is the abolition of sentences of penal servitude of four and three years, leaving the sentence of five years as the shortest that can be passed in any case, and autho rising it in those cases where only sentence of four or three years could have been passed before. This will have the effect of increasing the severity of the penal law, which, owing to the very frequent nee of th© short sentences referred to, had, in the opinion of the Royal Commissioners who lately in vestigated this subject, become too much relaxed. With the same object another very important pro. vision is added; that a person convicted of a crime, punishable with penal servitude, after having been previously convicted of felony, if the judge, in his discretion, thinks that the punishment of penal ser vitude should be inflicted, shall not be so sentenced for a shorter period than seven years. It will be ob served that in all these cases the alterfiative sentence of imprisonment is not interfered with. In that re spect the law continues as it stood before the pasting of the late statute. The remainder, and by far the larger portion of the act, refers to the granting to convicts under this sentence licenses to be at large before its expiration,- and introduces various regula asen ILM purpose ut preventing sue unbuouutzta such persons between the time of their release, and that at which they would have been by law entitled to their liberty. "I do not think it necessary," be says, " to occupy your time with any observations on this part of the subject, except to remark that, amongst other safeguards of the public, it is enacted that the conviction of a license-holder upon indict ment for any offence, involves not merely a revocation of his license, but it remits him to his original sen tence as it stood when his license was granted, and this in addition to any punishment to which he may be sentenced upon such indictment. In accordance with the strong recommendation of the Royal Com. missioners," Sir George Grey continues, "an impor- taut notification is about to be introduced into the convict system, in reference to the granting of re missions. Instead of these being granted as a re• ward of general good conduct, as heretofore, they are now to be earned by industry alone. General good conduct—such as implicit obedience to all prison rules—will be as indispensable as before, but will of itself count as nothing towards the obtain- ing a remission of a portion of the sentence. That can only be gained by steady and laborious indus try, the degree of which will be measured and re corded every day by the assignment to each convict of a certain number of marks. A maximum amount of remission is fixed (as hereafter stated) as the ut• most which can be attained by perfect industry, and the number of marks is so regulated that a cons vict must obtain the maximum number of marks every day, without any deduction for misconduct, in order to get the maximum remission. The sen tence therefore, is absolutely certain up to a cer tain point, but may possibly extend beyond that point, and will inevitably do so unless the convict persistently and strenuously exerts himself." The principle adopted in the scale of remissions of in. dustry and good conduct gives a maximum reduc tion of somewhat less than one-fourth part of the sentences upon men, and one-third part of the sen• tences upon women. Wholesome - restrictions have been introduced, it appears, in the quantity of food allowed, and also in the amount of gratuities given on their discharge to convicts adjudged to penal servitude. Thus, gentlemen, you will perceive that the new provisions are characterised by augmented severity, and when you learn that they are made in conformity with the views not only of the Legislature and the Executive Government, but that they echo as it were the opi nions of public bodies charged by authority, or who had charged themselves with the duty of careful investigation into the working of our criminal law, I think you will agree with me that our new-Penal Servitude Act forms an epoch in our legislation. Half a century ago the criminal code ot England was conspicuous among those of the civilised world for its tremendous denunciations against crime, To more than 150 different offences it attached the punishment of death, and its minor inflictions were of proportionable gravity. At last the public mind revolted against these rigours, and a strong tide set in, which, in the course of years, not only swept away a multitude of severities, but brought the law into a greater state of leniency than could be just tified by a due regard to the general interests of the community. And yet the law, mild as it became, was outstripped by the laxity with which it was administered. In this state of things it was to be expccted that the tide which had so long been flowing should at last begin to ebb, and it appears to me that the time has arrived when the reversal of the current can no longer be doubted. Gentle men, I not augur from this change the loss of any real benefit to criminals. The impulse which wrought the mitigation of our criminal code was rather of sentiment than of reflection. We revolted from the pain inflicted on ourselves through the sufferings of the criminal, and our own feelings once re lieved, we forgot to ask ourselves whether we were treating the object of our sympathy so as to promote his permanent advantage. We forgot that to discharge him from prison while the coer6 cion of false principles and evil habits was to leave him in a state of slavery more surely incompatible with hie welfare here and hereafter than any state which could result front the harshest rig/fait% of s human jurisprudence, It, then, the charges which have been lately made ate Erich es to promote his reformation and ensure: his persistence in the right path after it has been recovered, true and genuine mercy will be far from receiving any shock by what has been done. And this, I humbly believe, will be the consequence should the new spirit breathed into the treatment of criminals permanently senate all who take part in giving effect to our laws. You must have been struck, gentlemen, with the com plete change of principle on which remission is henceforth to be granted. Passive obedience to prison rues, however indispensable it may be to good order, has little tendency to reform the character, and will therefore do little to ensue an honest coarse of life after ditcharge. Industry is the ground on which we must build, and, in order that industry practised in the gaol may c3ntinue after the priscrer is at large, it must be will. ing industry, and hence the value of the remission which is held up to him as its reward. W.ereas industry produced by fear of punishment, even is the cohoparatively few instances where it is so produced, will, by the painful associations with which all memory of it must be accom• 'Allied, relax itself and fall into desuetude when, by regaining his liberty, the convict has left his fears behind him. The extended duration of his send teßce will afford him a sufficient time to make his industry habitual, and it is to confirmed habits we must mainly look to protect him against relapse. Thus we see that the interest of the criminal has been as carefully considered as the interest of society ; both moving onwards band in hand. But the benefit to each do not rest here. The hour of discharge arrives, and the well-disposed prisoner, having now to meet his greatest peril, is not aban doned. Ho takes his gratuity, which preserves him for a time at least from the overwhelming tempted tion produced by want. He has to report himself to the head of the police in the di s t r i c t to which he .esorts, and he thereby establishes a relation be- tween himself and a public cfficer, who, both by duty, and, speaking from experience, I will say, also by inclination, will befriend him, so long as his con duct deserves it, and who will exercise over his actions the powerful influences of hope and fear. It is often assumed that the vigilance which it is the duty of the police to exercise over discharged offen ders is necessarily of a hostile character; but that is not so. A ticket-of•leave man, when his ticket becomes what it ought always to have been, a testi. monial that the holder is a person who has given earnest desire to do well, and of his possessing the requisite qualifications for pursuing a honest course of life, will find the head of the police in his district a protector against ill-founded suspicion, to which an ex•convict is naturally ever obnoxious ; and when, in addition to the testimonial which the ticket-of-leave man brings from his prison, he can safely refer to the police for a certificate that he has continued to deserve the remission which has been granted to him, surely he must thus obtain faci:ities for procuring employment which will constitute new and valuable privilege ; while, on the other hand, his consciousness that any breach of the con ditions on which he holds his license to be at large will, the moment it becomes known, ensure his being forthwith deprived of his liberty, must give additional force to his good resolutions. The inters val then between his discharge on ticket of leave, and the expiration of the sentence pronounced upon him by the judge, is made a season of regulated re sponsibility. It is an additional stage of probation, furnishing motives to good conduct which will only cease to act when, such probation being fully ac complished, he regains the footing of his neighbours, who have never fallen into that miserable adversity which is the offspring of crime. Gentlemen, the circular to which I have drawn your attention offers many other topics for observation, but I have al ready occupied much of your time, and the duties you are now about to commence will detain you from your homes and your pursuits longer than may be convenient to you. I therefore now conclude. ~~-~ Will of the Late Mr. William Earle. The will of the late Mr Wm. Earle was proved in the Liverpool District Probate Court on the 20th inst., by Thos. of the surviving executors named in the will, to whom power of administration was granted. The value of the property is sworn under £200,000. The deceased, who was childless, directs the bulk of his property, less about £30,000 specially bequeathed, to be converted into money and di vided equally per capita among his nephews and nieces, of whom 18 are named. It bequeaths £5,000 to his wife, being the sum he received with her on their marriage ; but this is subsequently otherwise dealt with, in consequence of the death of that lady, who is continually referred to in terns of the most affectionate remembrance. The same instrument bequeaths £4OO to his sister, Mrs. G. H. Lawrence ; £5O each to several old servants; Liverpool Infirmary, £100; Northern Hospital, £5O ; Southern Hospital, £5O ; District Provident Society, £lOO, to be paid, free of legacy duty, out of the personal estate ; £5O to each of his nephews and nieces; an annuity of £lOO, under certain conditions, to Anne Bradish, niece of his wife; £l9 19s to each of his ser vants at the time of his death, or such as the executors may think fit. The freeholl estate at Wharton and Hilton Lane, in Lancashire, is given to his brother, Hardman Earle. The first codicil (October, 1854) is made after the death of,his wife, and deals primarily with the £5,000 pre viously bequeathed to her. No memorandum or other direction having been left, the testator deals with the sum in accordance with what he believes would have bees her wishes, and leaves it to her relatives, viz., to her brother, William Bradish, and his wife Rebecca, £5OO each—to Alicia, wife of Samuel Smith, then of Philadelphia (now of Liverpool), £2,ooo—and to her sister Abigail, wife of Edwin Lister Maw, £2,000. He then leaves £lO,OOO to Margaret Bradish, niece of his wife, and gives as :a reason for these bequests, "As my own family are well 'provided for, I hope I show no act of unkindness or want of affection towards them by this mark of respect to the memory of a most loved and affectionate wife by placing those who (were dear to her, but have been less fortunate in the world, in such a position that they shall not suffer from want." He next proceeds, out of his property, to carry this sentiment still further, by leaving £l,OOO to his brother-in-law, the afore said William Bradish, and the interest of £1,003 for her separate use, to his wife Rebecca Bradish, £2,000 to Abi gail Maw, and £2,000 to Alicia Smith before mentioned, all free of legacy duty—to Miss Jane Leatham, sister of a late partner, £so—to the Liverpool Blue-coat School, £5O. The second codicil (Feb., 1856) relates to a sum of £2,000 which had been placed in his hands by a Miss Har riet Cadet to do with as he might think proper, and is for the purpose of restoring it to her relatives ; if none survive, it goes to Liverpool charities. The codicil (April, 1861) leaves a further sum of £lO,OOO to his wife's niece, Mar garet Bradish (who resided with him), his carriage, and one of his carriage horses, his cellar of wine, and £5OO for the purpose of furnishing a house for her (" my own being un fit"), with the direction that the present house shall be maintained for her use fcr 12 months, if she desires it. Further bequests are made to Richard Bradish (£2,000), and Alicia Smith and Abigail Maw (£l,OOO each). He directs £lO9 to be paid to the widow of his nephew Hard man Earle, and £lOO each to his cousins, the Rev. Richard and Harriet G wyllin; to the School for the Blind £lOO and £5OO to his nephews, Thos. Earle and Wm. Langton, for their trouble as executors to his will. Ho revokes the bequest of the Wharton and Hilton-lane property to his brother Hardman Earle, with succession in certain events to another relative. One half of his joint interest in the seed crushing and oil mills of Messrs. T. and W. Earle is left to his nephew, William Langton,—Liverpool Cortricr, Foreign Mail Packet Listi MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton ..Nov. 18.1 via Marseilles Nov. 12, Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Nov. 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Oct. 29.1 lbina, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Nov. 2 via Marseilles Oct. 27. Falkland Islands .. Gibraltar, via Southampton Oct. 27. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.. Nov. 2. via Marseilles , 27 . India (Bombay), via Southampton ......0ct. 27. via Marseilles ........0ct. 21. Portuga1.... Malta, Egypt, and Aden, v v i i a a S is o i v a t r h se a il m le p s to e n . ............o o c e t t .. 2 21 1: Newfoundland Oct. Oporto and Vigo .. U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet Oct. 26. by U.S. packet.... 28. All parts of West Indi es , including Chili, California. and British C01u m bi a ............ nrpearui.oot. pot. 29. cket EMIGRATION TO MEXICO.—The Pi. ess of Vienna states that about 400 indigent families established at Vienna have decided on e migrating to Mexico. A plan was at first conceived of raising the lands necessary for i t their removal by means of a lottery of 300,000 florins. That proceeding was not, however, approved of by the finance department, and the intention now is to raise a sulmrptiou in the capital for the purpose, CANT EB ri um R phant S uccess ofY HALL. T PRINCE PERFUME AND PRINCESS BOUQUET. Under the title of Prince Perfume and Princess Bouquet is nightly to be seen at the Ca nterbur y Ball a Magic Spectacle far transcending in poetry of concept , on, beauty and in andu o arrangement, scenic effect, and brilliancy of light a colour any former application (even at this Hall) of the principle koown as the OPTICAL IL LUSION. n this last collective display of scenic art and of brilliant choreographic and statuesque grouping will be found pictures surpassing of the greatest achievements of the Modern Extra somevaganza—Sce "THE SHIPWRECK," " THE PHANTOM COMBA I'," and " THE CURTAIN OF FIRE." The "Illusive SkPtcb," which is the centre of these write cation s, is by Mr. W. F. Vandervell ; the overture and inci dental music by Willem VandervelL Prince Perfume, Mrs. William RandalL The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). 1 . A,,q